Thursday, January 6, 2011

The Difference Between Hyperbole and Abuse of the English Language

From an NPR piece about today's youth culture's addiction to technology:

"I don't go anywhere without my iPhone. It's literally glued to my face."

No, it is not!

If your phone was literally glued to your face, it would be stuck on your cheek and you would be having a very awkward conversation with a room full of surgeons.

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